Fixers

Fixers – a generation of young people, aged 16–25, fixing the issues that fire them up, however they choose.

Our story

Since Fixers launched in 2008, almost 7,000 young people have taken part in 800 Fixes. Now, backed by a £7.2 million Big Lottery Fund grant, we are expanding across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

As momentum builds over the next three years, a further 20,000 young people and 250,000 supporters will join the movement – and Fixers will become a powerful household name.

Capri | domestic abuse

The film Capri made about domestic abuse is now being used to train social workers and to help ex-offenders understand the consequences of domestic abuse.

To anyone who is thinking about getting involved with Fixers, I’d say do it. It definitely helps to get your voice heard.

No issue too big

Fixers take action on a huge range of issues. For instance… alcohol abuse, anorexia, autism, bereavement, body image, city living, cyber-bullying, depression, diabetes, drug abuse, foster care, gang culture, homelessness, knife crime, legal highs, older parents, prejudice, schizophrenia, sexual health, sudden death syndrome and young carers.

Dan | foster care

I want to encourage more families to take care of people who need help.

This image is taken from Loose Ends, the film Dan made based on his family’s experience of foster caring. It is now being used by Wiltshire and Hampshire County Councils to help recruit new foster parents.

Resources that get noticed

Fixers create high-quality resources – including films, websites and printed materials – to make their voices heard. They then share them with other young people, employers, practitioners, policy makers and service providers.

Dante and Mohammed | gang culture

We want to help young people understand that being part of a gang can get you in trouble.

Dante Powell-Farquharson and his friend Mohammed Idle are now running workshops on gang culture across south London, inviting young people to discuss the issues raised in their Fixers film.

Young voices that get heard

Fixers’ stories attract major media interest. Fixers appear in ITV regional news programmes every month in peak time slots, and the Daily Mail and Cosmopolitan are among the national publications which have recently included special features on Fixers’ stories.

Regional and local newspapers frequently cover Fixers in depth, and our expanding social media channels give Fixers another powerful way to get their voices heard.

Scott | homophobia

I hope my Fix will offer people help and support and have a positive impact on the lives of young people.

Scott and a group of Fixers in Wales are running workshops to explore issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual young people.

Talking to the right people

Fixers work with local and national voluntary organisations, businesses and services to ensure their messages are heard by as many people as possible.

These organisations often go on to use Fixers’ resources to reach out to other people facing similar issues, and Fixers frequently meet with MPs and other influential individuals who can help them get heard by an even bigger audience.

Jen | road safety

As we’re just that little bit younger, the police say that we can engage young people in a way that they can’t.

Jen’s fiancé was killed in a motorcycle crash. She made a road safety film with Fixers, and has been asked by East Sussex police to run road safety workshops across the county.

“Young people are often accused of not thinking about the future. Fixers’ only concern is the future; they are driven to use their experience to prevent others going through what they have been going through. They change the lives of people they don’t know – people of all ages and from all backgrounds. And they often discover a change in themselves, too.”

Margo Horsley, Chief Executive of the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, which runs the Fixers project.

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